All the while the smile grew more diabolical

All the while the smile grew more diabolical
All the while the smile grew more diabolical

All the while the smile grew more diabolical

Date1902
Artist (American painter, illustrator and teacher, 1874–1940)
Illustration Citation"The Throwing of the Clew," by Herman Whitaker, in Harper's Monthly Magazine, November 1902.
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions12 1/4 × 8 in. (31.1 × 20.3 cm)
frame: 14 1/2 x 10 1/2 in. (36.8 x 26.7 cm)
Credit LineAcquisition Fund, 1990
Object number1990-26
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPAINTING
Label TextIn this story of rural life, a woman is startled by a male acquaintance's sudden romantic interest in her, finding his awkward smile "diabolical." F. Luis Mora intensifies her expressive face with candlelight, placing other characters in deep shadow.

Born in Uruguay to an artistic family who left during an insurgency and ultimately settled in the US, Mora was a painter, muralist, illustrator, and art teacher.
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